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In Valparaiso, the city has announced 19 grants in the 2025 Neighborhood Improvement Grant program. A total of over $167,000 dollars will go toward projects like pollinator gardens, public art sculptures, neighborhood gathering spaces, tree plantings and more. The neighborhoods receiving grants in 2025 are Audubon Estates, Banta, Beauty Creek Estates,Berkley, Brigata Hills, Calkins Hill, Central, College Hill, Courtyards at Pepper Creek, Executive Park, Hawthorne, Hawthorne East, Jefferson Park, Jessee-Pifer, Keystone Commons, Mistwood, Shamrock, Timberbridge, and Villas at Vale Park. Since 2018, the city says the program has funded 139 grants, supporting projects in more than 46 neighborhoods, resulting in more than $1.8 million in neighborhood improvements. To learn more about the grant program, visit the Community Engagement page at Valpo.us .
